Grab your pruning shears. Or is it hand pruners? Actually, several names refer to the same tool. There is no difference between pruning shears and hand pruners. However, we sometimes use those names ...
Pruning can be one of the most important and necessary tasks a gardener performs to keep their plants and trees healthy, thriving, and beautiful. Choosing the right pruning tool for your needs can ...
We tested six electric pruning shears to help you decide what is worth your investment (and what isn't). Electric pruning ...
Many landscape plants will require pruning at some stage of their life. Plants may need to be pruned to reduce or maintain plant size or to remove dead or damaged material. Pruning is also used to ...
As our landscape starts to come out of winter dormancy it is time to start cutting away the winter cold damage. However, we need to use some caution as we pull out the pruners. There are diseases in ...
The pruning maven Lee Reich, author of the best-selling "The Pruning Book" (Taunton Press), advises the best time to trim and shape our deciduous shrubs is in late winter or very early spring. Of ...
So, if pruning is so good for trees and shrubs, why was I banned from doing this by myself? Well, it all comes down to safety ...
A gardening friend of mine told me that I should be disinfecting my tools whenever I am out in the garden pruning this winter. Is this really necessary? The purpose of disinfecting tools is to avoid ...